Shirt



1927 M. K. RANDOLPH SHIRT Fil y 25 1925 7 2 sheets-Shea: 1

MIlTRandbo/a t I C] How {u o SHIRT Filed July'25, 1325 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 nucutoz Patented Jan. 18, 1927.

MUSETTE K. RANDGLPH OF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

SHIRT.

Application filed July 25, 1925.

This invention relates to improvements in body garments, such as shirts, shirt waists and the like, and more particularly to detachable skirts and peplums therefor.

The object of the invention is to provide a shirt or shirt waist with means for hold ing it in operative position within the trousers or skirt with which ever it is used and prevent its riding up out of the garment with which it is used.

Another object is to provide a detachable shaped band or peplum for use in connection with a tail-less shirt or shirt waist which performs the double function of holding the garment in operative position and may be used as a suspensory band for supporting other articles worn by men and women and which require supporting bands of this character.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the com bination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a shirt equipped with one form of this invention;

Figure 2 is a rear elevation with a portion of the shirt broken off;

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the lower portion of a shirt showing a slightly difi'erent form of the invention;

Figure 4 is a similar view showing still another form;

Figure 5 is a front elevation of a clip or hook used in connection with the band constituting a part of the invention;

Figure 6 is an end elevation of the clip and Figure '7 is a front elevation of a slightly different form of clip.

In the embodiment illustrated the band 10 constituting this invention is shown permanently connected in Figures 1 and 2 with a tail-less shirt 1 and adapted to be de tachably connected with a nether garment by means of a plurality of loops 11 arranged longitudinally around the upper edge of the band 10 which are designed to be connected with metal hooks as 20 shown in Figures 5,

Serial No. 46.008.

6 and 7 adapted to be secured to the band of a pair of trousers or a skirt band in connection with which the shirt is to be used, said hooks hooking into the loops. These hooks 20 may be attached in any suitable manner, the forms shown in Figures 5 and 6 being provided with prongs 21 designed to be extended through and clamped in the goods of the garment while the form shown in Figure 7 has slots to provide for the sewing thereof to the garment.

The band 10 is shaped to fit around the hips of the wearer, being longer in front than in the rear and is equipped at the front with buttons and button-holes as shown at 12 designed to register with the front opening of the shirt while at the rear thereof a string 13 connects the two members let and 15 of the band to provide for its adjustment, said rear ends being equipped with eyelets 16 for the threading of the string therethrough.

In Fig. 3 the band is exactly the same as that shown in Figures 1 and 2 except that it is detachably connected with the shirt 1 by means of buttons 17 carried by the shirt and button-holes 18 formed in the band whereby said band is made detachable. In the form shown in Figures 1 and 2 the band is stitched to the shirt. In Fig. 4 the band is stitched to the shirt and has buttonholes for engagement with buttons on the nether garment.

This band 10 while primarily intended for use on a tail-less shirt may be detached and used for other purposes if found desirable to do so.

The loops 11 shown in Figures 1 and 2 are preferably made by stitching a piece of tape at longitudinally spaced intervals, the rows of stitching 11 forming the loops which are designed to be engaged by the hooks 20 secured to the inner face of the trouser band and thus securely connect the trousers with the shirt and prevent all danger of its riding The shaping and fitting of this peplum to fit the hips of the wearer also assists in holding the shirt in position and when the buttons 17 are employed shown in Figure 3 button-holes on the waist band of the trousers will be connected with these buttons in addition to the button-holes on the band.

I claim In a tailless shirt, a body portion, a band secured at the waistline of the body portion,

said band having a substantially wide front portion and a narrow back portion, said band being flar d to conform to the shape of the hips of the wearer, a length of tape se cured to the band adjacent to the upper edge thereof, said tape arranged to engage means carried by the trousers of the person wearing the shirt for engaging the tape to hold the band to the hips of the wearer.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing 10 as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature.

MUSETTE K. RANDOLPH. 

